American literature as a whole is the written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and its preceding colonies. During its early history, America was a series of British colonies on the eastern coast of the present-day United States. Therefore, its literary tradition begins as linked to the broader tradition of English literature. However, unique American characteristics and the breadth of its production usually now cause it to be considered a separate path and tradition.
Literature of the USA
American literature as a whole is the written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and its preceding colonies. During its early history, America was a series of British colonies on the eastern coast of the present-day United States. Therefore, its literary tradition begins as linked to the broader tradition of English literature. However, unique American characteristics and the breadth of its production usually now cause it to be considered a separate path and tradition.
AMERICAN LITERATURE:
Lecture 1 - Puritan Writing
Lecture 2 - The Age of Reason
Lecture 3 - The Early Romanticism
Lecture 4 - Trascendentalism
Lecture 5 - High Romanticism
Lecture 6 - Mid-century Poetry
Lecture 7 - Early Realism
Lecture 8 - Realism
Lecture 9 - Modernism
Lecture 10 - Post-modernism